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Nuestra Senora del Buen Suceso

February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment

February 2nd, 1611 – February 2nd, 2011

The 400th Anniversary Year of the devotion of Our Lady of Good Success in Quito, Ecuador and the Miraculous Statue which resides in the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception will be open to the public for veneration  from today through February 2nd 2011. The Conceptionist Sisters of Quito, Ecuador have appealed for assistance to help to make the 400th anniversary a very special event.

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Ascension Catholic Community Ministry of Intercession for February

February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Dear Friends in Christ,

Thank you for the being a part of this ministry. Please pray for the following intentions this month.

For the Holy Father’s intention that all scholars and intellectuals search for the truth and arrive at an understanding of the one true God.

Missionary: That the Church, aware of its own missionary identity, may strive to follow Christ faithfully and to proclaim His Gospel to all peoples.

We pray for the people of Haiti, affected by the earthquake, that they may be comforted in their time of suffering. For those providing relief, give them strength and courage to assist those who are most in need.

Lord God, bless all families of Ascension Parish and watch over our children.

God Out Father, we pray for the success of the Alive in Christ campaign and that all of us may become more Alive in Christ as disciples of your son.

Lord we pray that during this Lenten Season we will pattern our lives after you. Help us to imitate you completely in all our thoughts, words and deeds.

Holy Spirit guide our president and his cabinet as they work for peace and justice. Help us to assure health care reform will be affordable for all and protect life, dignity, consciences and health of all. especially the poor and vulnerable.

We pray for all who have died this past month, may they rest in peace.

May you have a blessed month,

Father Eamon and the Ministry of Intercession

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Immaculata, please intercede…

February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

That following your example, Mother, we may learn to love Jesus in the sick – those who suffer in body, mind and spirit.

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Blessing of the Lambs for the Feast of Saint Agnes

January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment

This morning, in keeping with the tradition for today’s feast of St. Agnes, the Pope blessed a number of lambs in the Urban VIII Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Palace.

The wool of the lambs is used to make the palliums bestowed on new metropolitan archbishops on June 29, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles.

The lambs are raised by the Trappist Fathers of the Abbey of the Three Fountains in Rome and the palliums are made from the newly-shorn wool by the sisters of St. Cecilia.

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Benedict XVI to Preside at Vespers in Saint Paul’s Basilica

January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment

A communique released today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announces that in the Roman basilica of St. Paul’s Outside-the-Walls on Monday 25 January, the Holy Father will preside at the celebration of second Vespers of the Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul, for the closing of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the theme of which this year is: “You are witnesses of these things”.

The celebration will be attended by representatives from other Churches and Christian communities present in Rome. – VIS